• (RP) IPA: /pɹəˈpəʊz/
• (America) IPA: /pɹəˈpoʊz/

propose (proposes, present participle proposing; past and past participle proposed)

1. (transitive) To suggest a plan, course of action, etc.

   Synonyms: put forth, suggest, forthput

   I propose going to see a film.

   to propose an alliance

   to propose a question for discussion

   • 2019, [https://web.archive.org/web/20190311070055/https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/south-korea-proposes-rain-project-with-china-to-cut-pollution/4819207.html VOA Learning English] (public domain)

     President Moon Jae-in proposed the plan this week during a meeting with government officials, his spokesman said.

2. (intransitive, sometimes followed by to) To ask for a person's hand in marriage.

   He proposed to her last night and she accepted him.

3. (transitive) To intend.

   He proposes to set up his own business.

   • 1859, John Gorham Palfrey, History of New England, [http://books.google.ca/books?id=0fkUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR7&dq=%22I+propose+to+relate,+in+several+volumes+the+history+of+the+people+of+New+England%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=962LUvW7Hqak2AXjvIGADQ&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22I%20propose%20to%20relate%2C%20in%20several%20volumes%20the%20history%20of%20the%20people%20of%20New%20England%22&f=false Preface (Google preview)]:

     I propose to relate, in several volumes, the history of the people of New England.

4. (obsolete) To talk; to converse.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 3 Scene 1:

     HERO. Good Margaret, run thee to the parlour;

     There shalt thou find my cousin Beatrice

     Proposing with the prince and Claudio

5. (obsolete) To set forth.
   • 1616, George Chapman (translator), Homer's Iliad, book 11:

     . . . so weighty was the cup,

     That being propos'd brimful of wine, one scarce could lift it up.

• proposal
• proposition
• proponent

• French: proposer
• German: vorschlagen
• Italian: proporre
• Portuguese: propor
• Russian: предлага́ть
• Spanish: proponer

• French: demander en mariage
• German: einen Heiratsantrag machen
• Italian: proporre il matrimonio
• Portuguese: pedir a mão
• Russian: де́лать предложе́ние
• Spanish: pedir la mano

• German: beabsichtigen
• Portuguese: pretender

propose (plural proposes)

1. (obsolete) An objective or aim.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 17, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes, […], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821 ↗:

     whose aime hath beene to make us not good and wittie, but wise and learned; She hath attained her propose.